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by the Associated Press
March 1st, 2007
YouTube, an internet site where users can upload their own personal videos for the public to view is, for the most part, a positive thing. However, some times people walk the fine line of whether the videos they upload are appropriate or not.
YouTube has a policy that whenever someone uploads a video, the video is reviewed by YouTube first before it is actually published online for the public to view. I think this is a great way of keeping illegal things offline and in most cases, out of the view of minors.
This article said that Victoria, a state in Australia, "banned the popular video-sharing site from its 1,600 government schools after a gang of male school students videotaped their assault on a 17-year-old girl on the outskirts of Melbourne." The educators and officials of these schools believe that YouTube should be blocked from the students in the schools because 'every student has the right to learn in a safe and supportive environment.'
I agree with what the schools government did about banning YouTube in their schools. Some things on the YouTube website are not appropriate for children of that age and this is an easy way of protecting them at school. However, what the children do at home under the watch of their parents may be different, but that's another issue with many concerns among people.
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